Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness

There are always problems, and leaders deal with them in different ways. There’s a big difference between seeking the solution and placing blame. When you’re looking for the person to pin a problem on, you’re mired in...

Do you have bad memories from childhood? Most of us have a few and sadly, some of us have a lot of bad childhood memories. What happened happened – you can’t un-happen it. You have the choice of either reliving those...

Own your feelings. What does that mean? It means to embrace the fact that you feel the way you feel because of you. You’re not angry because someone cut you off in traffic, you’re angry because you took the action...

When you feel fear, remember that on the other side of the fear is a dream. In that moment of fear, ask yourself what you want. If you’re afraid you don’t have enough money, the dream is to have plenty of it. If...

Quick – what are you thinking about right this very minute? My guess is that you were thinking about something that has already happened or something that might happen at some point in the future. While it’s fun to...

Do you beat yourself up with regrets about the past? Regret is a very mean thing to do to yourself – you’re creating sadness and helplessness and hopelessness inside your brain, which then sets up the chemical state...

No one can validate you except you. As humans, it’s natural for us to want approval from others – as a matter of fact, since the day we were born we’ve been taught to look to others for approval and validation. When...

Only people who are unhappy are mean to others. Really take that truth in – only people who are unhappy are mean to other people. People who bully are unhappy. People who are manipulative are unhappy. People who are...

You know that wonderful feeling you get when you achieve greatness? That feeling when you have a peak experience? It’s because they don’t happen all the time that they are “peak experiences.” You can make yourself...

Do you worry about what others think of you, your abilities and your actions? Sure, we want people to love us and approve of us and appreciate us, and it feels wonderful when they do. As a matter of fact, the approval...

Getting angry at team members who make mistakes only teaches them to hide their mistakes. I’m not telling you to never get angry again – we’re human and have a full range of emotions that we’re supposed to feel and...

In a magazine interview from 1968, genius filmmaker Stanley Kubrik said, “However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” He was talking about life and the transformation of attitudes from childhood into...